Happiest 2018 - WWIII ?? :0, Womanly love, Birth family search, & #AME
We rang in the new year by gigging, er duh, and it was so much fun to do so with NoteSpeak violinist superstar Laura Masotto and Hippie Tendencies drummer Cesare Valbusa.
I’ve hit the ground running, there is so much going on, and we are only on day 14!
But before I get into all my news I've got to address two things.
1.) Oh hurrah we ARE still alive and WWIII has not yet begun. Can we please work hard to keep it so? Samantha Bee how I love thee for holding no bars and having no fear and also the best sense of humor.
2.) Why are so many so critical of women coming out against sexual predators? Though women's rights have a long way to go yet in Italia, Women started being something fierce here in the sixties. The Sicilian badass Franca Viola changed the mindset of thousands of women in 1966 when she refused to "save her honour" and marry her rapist. Yes, it's real- that was the practice- if you lost your virginity, no matter how , you better marry them. She was a light and lead so many to realize that women could be heard. It doesn't matter how many years later some of these accusers are taking a stand, or rather it does because that's also a sign of women's repression; the absolute knowledge we've held that a woman would most likely only harm herself by speaking out.... #MeToo stories are so so so prevalent. They are literally in every society- in every profession. Standing ovation to Hollywood for addressing it, let's hope the trickle-down benefits of this revolution to the common woman happens faster than we might expect.
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